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THE CrsrVTTV TATLV BET : : TTE DAT. FETVRr VRY in. 1000. CUES CRAZY OVER A WOMAN I 6. Jnfcsea Shwis Himself i t 5 WJFATUATWN OVER BiSSIE HAMILTON CXll to > rr < hc Woman nl the lloilec Hotel , Wlicrc. n 1'cii Minute. i.ntor. MrlMrr tinMiot Will mad infatuation for a womaa aneeted h s mind. Traak O. Jick oo and ertou ly wounded himeelt in room a tf tk * DodC * hotel , Monday ereatMSo ° a n * ? 7 o'clock Jackson armed at tbe hotel AM went to tbe room , which was occupied fc Ml t Beaele Hamilton. After contemns wUfc. her a fw mlantw and showing a pic ture of bte little daughter. Jackson drew a retclrer and Bred a shot through hi * left fer Mi above the heart. A call to the poll-e station brought Officer Daa Baldwin H ) > ftand Jackson lying on tbe floor between the cctnmode and the foot of the bed with tbe revolver about flva feet dieiaat. Bald-A in reported to the station. * nt tor a phrslcjin aod then took tbe wounded tnsn'fi atatemeat. -What's this for * " said Baldwin. "I did | t Tor Ueri& " answered Jackson. "Who shot you ? " " 1 shot myeeif. " ' "Didn't the girl shoot jroa ? " "Ke , she did not. " Baldwin turned his attention to the woman aad asked her what she had to nay. The reply wa * deliberate- "I don't see why the crazy lool killed himself for me " Doctor * Ollmore and Shockey dressed the wound and Jackson waa taken to the Presby terian hospital. He is aged 33 years and han been night clerk at the lodging house at T1S4 North Sixteenth street for some time past. Little was known here of his past life or antecedents. A note- for Jackson had bcn received at the house by an A. D. T messenger Just after he left for the Dodge hotel. 11 reads as follows "Dear Frank- Please send me some money or bring It up. as I am broke 1 waited this a. m. , but thought jou was gone so long that jou went away on purpcw. I will b < - here until 9 p. m. Please send me what you owe me. BESSIE. " Miss Hamilton was taken to the police station and detained there as a witness for the coroner's Jury. She refused to say any thing for publication concerning the affair. but told tbo police authorities that she was merely a friend of Jackson's and had act him but a few times. In appearance tht > Hamilton woman is good looking and well dressed" , kittle ! known of her past life except that she was once the wife of a man named Gurney or Gurnsey. who was con nected with an Omaha electrical company several years ago S-tor > of a Friend. G. A. Stearns , a lodging house keeper at 112 South Fourteenth street , is a close friend of Jackson's. Stearns said he bad known him since he came to Omaha laft fall from Sioux City. Jackson bad told Stearns Monday cncrntng that he was "crazy over Btfcsle. " The friends met last an hour or two before the shooting , and afterwards a letter from Jackson was delivered to Stearns. This letter indicates Jackson s purpose , without expressing it in exact terms , and begs forgiveness. He asks that new of his action be kept from his "dear little girl , * ' presumably meaning his daughter. A postscript says he secured the revolver , an old-style SS-callber Smith t AVreson. from a man named Findley and a -k that it be returned to him. Stearns said that Jackson had known the Hamilton woman for about six weeks and was certainly Infatuated _ with her. William "T. Smith , a boy who lodges at the house in which Jackson worked , paid the latter left there about T o'clock Monday evening , tajlng that be was going to supper Although a drinking man , he was not drunk at the time. Smith knew that Jackson had told friends he was crazy He further knew that Jackpan was on intimate terms with the woman , especially so for the last two weeks. as he spent a great deal of time In her com pany and was continually sending her ines- nges. Smith hail heard Jackson say he was formerly married and his wife was dead. but had a little daughter living with his parents somewhere In Kentucky After dressing the wound , Dr Gilmore expressed the opinion that It Iu not neces sarily fatal A midnight message from the hrapUal said that Jackson was noting easily and getting along as well as could be ex pected. \ TALKS OF OMAHA'S SCHOOLS ctrp rrr nillnn of thiI'onrd of Bil- ucntlouil < lr - itho North M < l < - Illli > ros eliirnt dull. The feature of the merlins of the North Sldp Jniproviwent club latt night was the address on the subjevt of the- Omaha public schools by J M Gillan , serrctary of the Board of Education. Mr. Olllan opened his addref * with the statement that the Board of Education , a body coirdlnate with the city council , em- plovs more people and has a larger talary payroll than all tbo other boards of the city that whllH there has been much objection regarding the expenses and claims that tbe affairs of th board were most economically administered and though charges of extravagance were made the fact is that Omaha IK about on an Hvirage with other cities of its , class ii' ihn matter of expenditures He stated tha- the1 average cost cf maintaining the M-booU prr pupil per rear < s from JIM to $27 the difference tn the figure * being the result of Healthy Hair- A man vith a thin head of hair is 2 marked man. But the big bald spot is not the kind of a mark most men like. Too many men in their twenties are bald. This is absurd and all unnecessary. Healtny heir shovs man's strength. To build up the hair from the roots , to pre vent and to cure bald ness , use It always restores color to faded or gray hair. Notice that word "always. " And it cures dandruff. tl.M a bottle. All trau&t. " My butinr si ca'lt ire o-t amccc ttrugcri a KTtat dral I would ketuallr trel attained tiery time I would tikeoir icy hat. my hitr v. u K > ttiii ttid tbe bald poUibo ed topUinly I began tbe u e of your Hair V igor Ic-rktbin three oootiu ago. Today 1 tndl h&veaieaua bradof lulr a * I ever Sud. I tell everybody what 1 u ed , and Uii-y jy it ratut bo a woo- dertul rcmrdr ' * * Ota. VI bn c txv > V uo Tt e Hair B4 Seilp vlueh * * till * D4 tst * UHIU reqneit. It ; oe da n t I'tum tU UM Wuftu ) a rx- peait4 fn-n tl > u ef tiie T.iar. wrlu tt > y Ou. J C , Lowell. Mill - iil'K - "s * " * TI ir K1ire .r < \ -ff rf rj-1 ! ' > mb f's f TS ! ' Uooks an ! F'a'iorcrs fnr t1) ' ; ur 1 nd thr amnunt of money paid hy tbe asereve patrrn of the Sfhrolc would not provide the pupils from the ver e family with nchool books , that t-ecrdln * to the flrtire * pcnr d from cltl whrrc patron * purebate tbHr own books the rerw * cost in Jl BO pr r r for e ch pupil , while IB Omaha In th Uet Sr re re the > cott of pro dlnt books and stationery ha * net bon $10.000 per annum. Accordlnit to the secretary the catl f beating the bulldlntu varies from 11.44 to Jl per 1.000 ieet of fleer space la tac building * , depradtnc vpon th system used , steam heat la the Mirt echtM > l brtnr the che p t aad stoves in some of the ruburimn schools ths most expensive Referring to tb talk cf bonding : the floating debt the secretary taied that the Interest charge on the floatIng - Ing debt Is now about M400 per annum , while If It were bonded the interest charge would be $4.000 , that under the law the board has the right to erect building * of the value of 125,000 aantiallT without issu ing bonds and that tbe bst plan for the erection ol suburban school hotu-es would be for the council to permit a levy o * 1 mill In tcea of the necessary annual running expeaaee and u e the money thus received for the erettion of school houses. lUb-rt Ilcughtoa reported that the mayor had stated to the committee of tbe club which had visited him in that Interest that he would appoint a resident of the north side to the vacancy oa tbe board of flre and police , but could not say who thut person would be J J Smith requested that a light be placed under the viaduct of the Elkhorn road at Thirtieth street and Mr Qulgley re quested a sidewalk at the same place He also registered the protest of citizens to the condition of the sidewalk on the Thlrtv- sUth street approach to Ames avenue A motion endorsing the proposition to Issue ITi ( KM1 of sewer bonds was approved NEBRASKAN LIKES ARIZONA Vlnlliir III thnt I'nrt of tlir Conntrj AVrltc * HI * Imitresnliiii nf theTrrrltorj. . PHOENIX , Ariz , Jan. 31 To the Ed itor of The Bee People are so well ac quainted writh all sections of our country that one cannot expect to Interest with a letter descriptive of any portion of it. Bur- ing my two months' sojourn in this land of sunshine 1 have learned much that was now to me and may be to a few others Many people look upon this section as being a rough , mountainous region , valuable chiefly for Its rich minerals. Much of the country is rough and Dearth and rocks especially rocks have been piled up with a lavish disregard to waste of material or labor ex pended. But there are lovely valleys here as well as mountains. Many have passed orer these valleys , little dreaming the day was so near at hand when the waters from the mountain streams would transfotm these desert lands into a garden as pleasant to the eye and as rich as the Garden of Eden was. fresh from the hands of the Creator. There Is said to be about 1.000,000 acres of land in this ( Salt and Glla river ) valley , every foot of it as rich as nature ever provided for man. Where irrigation Is in use the earth produces wonderful crops of hay and pasture No outlay for shelter for stock Is necessary , as the snow does not reach these plains more than once in fifteen jears. acd then only to stay a few hours. No feed is provided , except pas ture , and when I tell jou steers less than 2 years old sell for J40 per head you will realize how rapidly they grow and how they put on flesh At this time but a frac tion of this valley is under irrigation , but It is contend > d that water enough comes down in the streams to water the whole plain , if It could be held until needed in the summer But it is. not alone for its grass that this valley is noted. They couat twenty-two sacks of wheat pec acre. 110 tc 120 pounds a sack , but a faar average. Bar ley yields more and is the universal feed for horses and no country can produce bet ter. Oranges , of which there are many fine groves , sold from Jl DO to $2 a box high ° r than the California fruit Men from L s Aogeles came into this valley and bought up the elise groves this winter They shipped the fruit home , where it was pre pared for market. As you know. Phoenix is the capital of the territory The citizens are knocking loud for admittance as a state and I think they should be admitted Give these vallejs the power to produce by building resenolrs and other improvements and they will af ford a better market than the Philippine islands , while at the same time they will be adding wealth to our own land I am staying with my son. who 1 en gineer at an Indian school , three and one- half cniles from Phoenix There are nearlj 700 pupils enrolled here as scholars The Indian of forty years ago is fat disappearing and the newer generation Is another and different man The young are kept bact by too much contact with the parents , whc come here and camp in droves , living it true Indian style , thus educating their chil dren In customs It would be better for the young to forget , or neser know. There Is probably no better school foi the Indian In our country Tbe superintend ent , assintpd by a corps of able teacher ! and assistants , are energetic and base mas' tered the situation. The farm consists of 16 ( acres , the grounds are beautiful , building ! new mostly of brick and large and com modious. Harne smaklng. shoemaking tailoring , dressmaking , fancy sewing , man' ual training , cooking , laundry work , black' smithing , and carpcnterng are all conductec under experienced workmen and women it their several lines Tbe place presents ; i lively appearance during the hours of work is visited by all who visit Phoenix , thi drive out being over a smooth , level road well sprinkled every day Yours truly. A. A PERRY. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. William Hooso of Davenport is in the cltv \ \ F Kvars of T p ka is a suest of the MllU : < t tV F \V Hlllsy of Salt Lane rity Js dt the Millard Tim-mas I. Kidd of Chicago Is at the Merchants J O Thomon of Alma , Neb , is at the Men bants \v K Mill of Des Molnc-s .g regWereJ at t-f Mill ird. 11 Harrin of Kansas City Is transacting tm.-lnos in Omaha Thomas and J 1 Prince of Wlnslde , XeJj , are 4t the Merchant * . 11 c : Men-lam a mining engineer ol Lit-mer It * in the city W F Cum * of I-liK-oln , auditor of the Ii & M . ie a guett of the Murray Frank MrMa ter of i hlcugo , who sells eUotrk- good * . IB at the Her GranJ. W A Masters of Hatinc , an implement dealer , i a t--uest of the ilerrtiantfc- J W P rkhurs * of Chlcast- carrying a line of coiultae , i * at the II * Ora-vl. IVuvId Fruit and K. II Footer cattlemen 'rom Hillings , Moot. , are in th city r II MilUr. baakar of Crete , arcom- iMnied by bit * wife dad dauphter , U at the Murrj ; Captain Crete Hutcboo. adjutant gen eral of thf Departing of the MlM > uri. returned - turned io Omttlu. ) es < erd4iy. aceoraruniMi t > > bis bride C \V M'-Vickrr. In buKn M In tills city for a number of > e < * rs , lmt ut ! > reent mina-fr of ci Mcr'ocT 3rain company of iliun aiH > lU. in tpeujlut ; the day tn the iltj II II Hak * . wo rl < * or of tbe Merefe&ts h-nol. r < * Hd a ttitegrain from \V F Cody todav wo log be would arrive la tse city \V inw < J. > Il is now is tfe ) Bis Horn bu ui. W ) airing < i org * P. OUhl it Oi-u-inruii ic In tin i.'v vteitiiisr Oharlo a Voun TTw tua ! ti n were xtud ni > at t-'orniMi Urtther Mr Dl-hl ui hl-v J cou < l'HUl prominence rii-nnj : hi * - < > lrzil \ \s In thlfti | - < l.-i. Hi- I in i o ' ih 'T'-ell foot 1 ai ! ' ! * oa teurv n l ! H an4 JsSa PUPPLETOS b X JHSATED * P9aistCit7OoaTatioa : H a s Him Afttr a Vtrj Stway Sesska. FORCE CORPORATION R-GUUTION ISSUE An Mtrmiit to Crovtil Thronuli the IBntlrr Drmiifrntlc Ticket 1 111)11 ) It ) Morrnrtj. It took the popultet city convention four hours Monday nicb : to endorse one of the democratic nominees W. S. PoppletoB. for soar or It was ao adjourned meeting of the convention which met lut Saturday n < l adopted a resolution that It would sever endow the nominees of the democrats uatll the latter had adopted YHer's ro-olallon for a redaction of telephone rates to 13 and I ! and had placed Stuht on the ticket as the fusion candidate for councilman of the First ward. As soott as the convention was called to crder the conference committee , comprising John 0 Yeteer. Michael MeGulre and I * . J Qulnby. sallied out to do battle aealnK the democratic committee , uhich nas In * sion at the rooms of the county democracy. The democratic convention bad nominated a councilman for the First ward Saturday nUht other than Stuht. had turned down the Yelser resolution and had authorized it * city committee to receive and act upon any report presented by its conference comnlt- tee. which wae out when the convention ad journed. Nearly fno hours was spent in killing time whli ? awaiting the return of Yelser and hla conferees , and when they finallv came they had little to offer. Yelser reported that Charley Smith and Allie McCann of the democratic conference committee had intro duced before the democratic city committee the following resolution as a compromise. Dr Hippie falling to sign it The conference committee of the demo cratic city convention bee leave to report that they recommend to the committee the followinc agreement with the peojjl * In dependent party of the citv of Omaha through Its conference committee : The following resolution to be adopted bv the cits democratic central committee and the mayor and city council pledged to Its support , to-wlt Resolved. That we demand that telephone tate < < be reduced to tS for business purposes and J2 for residence puroose * and that cas be lowered to Jl per tnousand fet. provider ] , , if the court. " shall set side such ordinances | as unrra enable -n-e demand such reductions a the courts will not hold to be unreason able Democratic Ketulntian. This resolution the democratic committee bad declined to adopt , but in its stead had I prepared and adopted the follow inp We believe from the experience of other I cities and the opinion of experts that telephone - ' phone er\lre tan be furnished at a profit j to residences at II per month and to busi ness houses at W per month and that ca 1 can be furnished at II per thousand feet and i we pledge an immediate Investigation of trte charges made by the telephone and cas companies for these services and the plac ing of rates for telephone and pa ? at thew I prices If they shall 6e found reasonable and just and If investigation shall de\eloa that these prices are too low we pledge ourselves to Din them as near the e rate as the-- services- can be rendered at a reasonable profit Mr Yelser reported that the democrats re fused to recede from the nomination of Mr Stuht and announced that a committee from the democratic committee would wait upon the convention shortly. He counseled de liberate action and the extension of a cour teous hearing He said IV. S Poppleton democratic candidate for mayor , was pres ent at the committee meeting and had expressed - pressed a desire for harmonious action I Mr Poppleton had also endorsed the pop- j ulist platform and declared that if nomi nated by the populists he was ready tc ' stand upon It. I Michael Cavanaugh moved at once that ! the convention proceed to nominate VT. S. Poppleton for mayor. Objection was made by several that the motion was out of order under the former Yelser resolution and while the wrangle was on Poppleton ap peared In the room , accompanied by the committee from the city committee and a number of democrats He was at once called , upon and responded briefly after Elrnei Thomas , chairman of the convention , had j Introduced him ae "the next mayor ol Omaha. " He expressed his earnest desire that a harmonious agreement be reached and again endorsed the populist platform , raying that he is in sympathy with ever } i movement for reasonable regulation of Iran- chised corporations. He declared in favoi i of the immediate acquisition by the cltj j of the water works , from Florence to Soutl Omaha , by condemnation proce-edings Harry E O'Neill spoke in behalf of the democratic committee , urging that It favored the second resolution above Riven because It desired to present a declaration that would win the conservative element and would not lead to the charge that the partj was trying to tear down instead of to build up. He believed that telephone charges art excessive , but he did not believe in declar ing so until an Investigation had proves them so A. Cohen said he believed that the demo , cratic resolutions went even farther thai the popullstic declaration , as they Included gas charges , and if they would take out thai part about an investigation be would vote to accept them He moved that , as Popple ton declared he stood upon the popullsl platfcrm , he be nominated for mayor Andrew Klewit , Michael McGulre ani ! others insisted on the observance of the Yeiser resolution. Cohen -hnki-m III * ri I . Just at this juncture A. Cohen was heart picitedly and somewhat blasphemously ex postulating with Joe Redman , fchaking hi ; fists In under that man's nose and notltv- Ins him not to again Intimate that "I go-1 any of the water worKs mone > . " The mei were in close quarters and Cohen was in i towering rage that seemed not to brook in terference. Chairman Thomas rushec across and pushed the men roughlj apart , but Cohen bquirzned around re peatedly and got h'e fiat dangerously close tn Redman's note , while he poured his wrath in language that can only be repre sented in print by a succession of long and skort dashes. For fully a minute Cohen wrestled with those who sought to restrain htm In his effort to get at Redman before quiet was restored , while the democratic epoctatort. banked up In the rear of the rocn set'mod to be gettiss the utmost enjoymcm ou : of the scene. It may be mentioned thrt Redman wa ; present as a Stuht plugger and was stand * in ; just at the Jailer's elbow when the row began. George Magney appealed for tie nomina tion ef Poppleton without quibbling on the telephone charge * and suggested a reson- stderatloo of the Yeiser resolution. M. J. O'ConneJl moved sueh a reconsider- stirs John O Yeiser declare * ) that he wanted the d&raocrau forced to be specific in tbeli declarations against corporations The motion to reconsider was lott by 47 najs to 34 yeas. August Cllne moved to nominate Popple- ton aad defer further action oa otber can didates and resolutions until Wendeday evening Aadr w Kiewit again iprung hie point ol order , but Chairman Thomas ruled it out ol order , inasmuch as Popp ! taa bad announced that lie stood oa the populist platform. KiewU appealed from tbe d cu4oa of the chair , tad la the confusion Yeiser ugg kted that hit resolution be r coniderd * o far at It might relate te Peppletoa. which § ug- gwtieo pr ail d E P Moroany started IB to nominate Poppleton but la doing so dwelt so long rd vigorously t.pon the fa r that suth ac. r _ < 4 . , r snT h . ( j riv o'h < " ani ia'rt hft ! < > ha i dla'1 him 01 , ; if or * ! ifl Srt it-it VrnrO Connell iletna&ded that be take ht w t whereupon Morean ? cut ithort with th - prrvenuuioa of Poppl oo's aaow Tie nomination vat mad * aaaniaMtaclf by a rletng rote * od Mr Poppi on inin made a short * pt cB in cXo w lexeme a t. MlrlMcl Cavansngh thereupon mored 1hf sotniaatlon of Brnwt Merlras , tbe demo cratic caadM t for ciir trewuref. Mr Merten * forward when called tot aad eadonvd tbe pcpulfet pUtfwtn. At tb n r * tton of Yelwr be annouoced bte readiness to sign it. tn the wrantle that followed someotN sieved an adjournment until Friday nitht. August Cli&e moved to make It W 3ne J y night. The ameodment was lest sod wh i ) the roll was called on tb origioal motioe S cr aiT More rtr declared it carried bi a vote of 41 to X. A number of thee sit ting around who had kept tally declared that he hod reversed the vote , but the chtli took the secretary's word for it aad declared the convention adjourned until Friday. Jailer Jones and A number oj those whc were anxious to see Merlins' nominatior made at once gathered around Moremrtj aad denounced him in unmeasured terms , winding up with the declaration that the ; would see that Moreartys man Stunt is taken off the populist ticket LESSONS GIVEN TO OFFICIALS Itciiiilillciin Control Committc - Kpi-t no ) for tltulcr * nml Clrrkk nl ( u in In K I'rliunrlrm. The republican cltv central Committee held a seseon in tbe Withnell block la t niphl with the newly appointed judges and clerks or the primaries to Instruct them In the duties o ! their oRlc.es. It was pointed out that the -voter mar register his choice fet a full delegation by ( ascribing a cross la tbe circle at the top of the ticket or m j divide bis favors by indicating bis preference afler each name. If any election official falls to put In an appearance on next Thurs day , primary day. his place will be filled bj the choice of electors present There will be nine precincts , the teria precinct Ic thi ; case being applied to a whole ward The committee received a notice of with drawal from J A. Beverly , who had pre viously presented nte candidacy for council man from the Ninth ward. The list of twenty-seven Judges and clerV * announced last night Is given below. Al who have not received their certificates o ! appointment are requested to apply at the office of Secretary "Whlteborn. First Ward Judges William Cfcthroe Georpre ShanaJian. Clerk Hans Hansen. SetondVard : Judge * H T Andrews Anton Kment Clerk O C Bartlett. " Third WardJudees J r Hubbard. S S Jordan. Clerk Frank Mmr Fourth Ward. Judces J w. Battln. T K Sudborouph Clerk W G Anderson Fifth Ward Jurist James B. Bruner II U. Sewird. Clerk Dalton Hisley. Sixth Ward. Judee ? George T Undlov E A French Clerk Elmer G Starr. Seventh Ward Judce Harry E. Coy Henrv Croft Clerk ChA > les ! > . Thomas. Elc-hth Ward Judges r R , Hutton. W C McClean Clerk Charle-s Henry. Xlnth "Ward Judpes Frank Delevaso Robert E LJve ey clerk C E. Allen 1 Ml-ver Kcpnbllcnn * Co Mow. ! The olty central committee of the sllve ; I republican party met Monday evening in thi hall at 320 South Fifteenth street The mat tcr under consideration was the aominatiot or endorsement of a candidate for Firs | ward councilman No decisive action wai | taken The party has no candidate of it. . I own. and will probably endorse J C Drexel the democratic nominee or E Stuht. candi date of the populists Final action was de | ferred until Thursiav night LANDING TELLS A SORRY TALE Assort * thnt Hr HeHv Ml Hml Trent mcnt nt the Poor Fnrin nml Conltl Grtfi Ilellef. W. H Landing , 24 years old. withered am prematurely aged by disease , presented : pathetic spectacle as he hobbled into thi Central police station Monday afternooi and begged the desk sergeant to give hie a bed in a cell He said he had been ai ! inmate of the county poor farm hospital fo i a month , but because of abuse and neglect I life there had become unbearable He wai assigned to a. cell and during the afternooi Assistant City Physician J. B. Ralph calle < upon him. Dr. Ralph says he will see tba the patient , who is suffering from an aggra vated form of hernia , gets suitable medica attention. Landing was so weakened and disheart ened that he wept while telling his stor ; to the police. I was sent to the poor farm by the count ; commissioners. " said he. "with the under standing that I would be given the foenefi of a surgical operation. I will have to h' ' operated on or I shall die. I'm getting worsi all the while. 1 told Dr. Van Camp , th < house surgeon , about it when I arrived. Hi I examined me and said he didn't care t undertake the Job without consultation an < that's the last I heard of it "Last Thursday I wrote a letter to th < county commissioners , aeking why nothlni had been done in my case. I suppose the : must have referred the letter to" Dr. Vai Camp , for when I came downstaiis thi morning I met him and he said 'You're ; pretty kind of a man to be writing a lette , like that" "I've been compelled to put up with al sorts of insults from a German nurse the ; i call Tony. He calls me vile names and las ! night , when I wat groaning with pain , h I cursed me because I kept him awake , asked him to call the doctor for me , as was in agony , and be said 'The doctor won' come until he gets ready and I won't g for him. You're too smart to be in th county hospital anyway" "I stood this son of thing as long as could and then decided to come to the polk 'station ' , as nothing could be worse thai life out there " r j Landing's only living relatives , so far a i he knows , are a sleter and aunt and h I doesn't know where they are. He has bee ; ' ruptured for many jears. but until t ' and a half years ago was ableto work as i common laborer ; since then his affliction ha been so severe as to conSne him to hie be | raobt of the time He arrived in Omaha ; month ago from Gordon Neb , where he hai , been living with friends ! REV. E. F.TREFZ ON "LINCOLN' \itnl > l of lh < * Mnrtjn-i I > rr liliiil' riiiiriiflir r.I Kountzr Mrmorlnl ' buri-li. "Lincoln" was the subject ol a lettur i delivered by Rev Edward Frederuk Tre in Kountze Memorial church Monday night I the ninety-first anniversary cf tbe nunyre- I president'a birth. That the lecture was ap j predate * } by the large audience was e\ i deneed by the unanimity with wbub it re I spondoi to the vote of thanks to Rev M' I Trefz , proposed at the conclusion of th discourse by William R. Shcpard a memlx- | of the Grand Army cf the Republic , wb l had known Lincoln personally Every ptr ton in tbe bouse signified approval by ris-np Tbe RfHWker dwelt at length upon Lin cola's uahappjr marriage. He said "There never was a war that tbe women through judicious , concerted tCort < ou'i not stop : there never woe a war that th' ' wome-o did not balp to precipitate No mat has erer gene to bdl tbat a woman didn teed him there. Lincoln H wife was n IB sympathy with tie acpiration * . be dido know what home life nas nt. aad during tbi tiBVK be stood sntnl in ne d of comfort ! > < nude hiai f * l o&Jy tbe spiteful venom o a aaaa ° score He found BO rest at hu Sretide. He did not dare entertain a fr.e * ' thenfter bi diy'g work he wnjlg * rn' his evenmge s'Jlsing In the I bran r jji hnr v ' p t , T mt > f tb\ i h IITT the a : i- t'pHev ije mo < = - i b - e ( mortal * and * cain that the woman wVi run make her hueband Ion ; for the twiligb- hour ha been croned of God M tbe si t ref of MUTT , the toother of J * tu " Tbe lecture was followed by * superb contralto solo br Mr * . M F Staple t Rork- port. Mo. vhM rcce ! entranced all in at- Thnt Menu * Hhr nintl m. Sore and swollen Joints , aturp , shooting , pain * , uniting aoeclc * . no rt , m lp- Ttuit means rbeumaticn ) It Is * stubborn UlMM to fifat. but Ch mberl i& > Pain flalai lias ccmjutred It thousand * of times It will do * e whenever the ontwrtanltv H offered Try it One application relieve * the pals. Illeli ohtlol Cln c fur Up | > Ir . On the mlvitp of Architect Latensw the I Board of Education Mon av afternoon or- dm ! thi Hi h chool bulKlinclcd for II th * renjain t of the week and the 1 4 < W tu < len' win tie given a tiolldas An x- i amlnatl- romln ed the architect that the 1 truss -wurk underlvln ? the third floor on the south win" wa not in a ! if - - < > n. < 51tK > i arH the flwrin * will he rrmosed to < ; > - terrain he ertmt of tb weakness fnV , the ituatlon 1 in 're erlou than I- tt ' - rw < J the flon " ill "be " r - um < > vl next I M or 'TVnornlnc LOCAL BREVITIES. T'u Vebraska St 'JPanJ of 1'harmarv , ifi Turua > , .t trtMmhants hot- l I Triune lodictNo Si , Hnlfrtits of PMhta will confer the * evind and third ranks tM ] fvfninc Lodjte will convene nt ' * harp ' The dat of the Wx-etrtlon to be clven b\ , Mrs F J Sscke't and lira Sherman t 1 Frldav twxt and nc : Tiiesdaj wa er- ron -ousl- announced , Th * Baxter bigamy ea e wa not talU-1 In police court Mondav Mrs H H Baxu- 1 stepmother of tbe defendant Olareru < i Eugene Baxter i 111 and unable to ap : > t-av I In court. Her der > o lt1on was taken M 11 - Idav I Ivouis Knapp , the "slec-ply forcer , w h > has admitted uttering two fTged fhtnk was arraigned in police court Mond.tv He vvalvw ! ! > ri > Ilrnlnnrv examination and vvs * bound over to the district court undir I'o- .bonds I Th inonr , t in the ca. of Charles Fen- i ton. the T-vear-old bo > who was killed by la street car la t Wednesdaj. has been 1 po tponed until Fe-bruarv il The funerwl was held Sunday from the Fenton home at Filrt-fighth and Dodge streets Albert J KH Tiel alla Albert McLaln I1 * vean > oldwas arraigned In police c urt Mondav on a charge nf daj light burglarv He is accused of brenklnff lnt < i the barn of I W. II H-annon. J1TO Binn "y street , Januarv 24 ahd sti iline a et of harness Ht hearIng - ' Ing is et for Thursdav ] M l-anijon donien that upon hi ? relecj-e I from Jill he returned to the Windsor hotel to seek the blood of LeStone , the portt-r H" * ay that be wa not drunk and w.\- nct looking for trouble He wasslmpiv Irving to put a drunken man to bed. whei. IIP was arrested , together with the drunk Henrj Barnette , colored , charged with being an accomplue ofill Tonev In the robber } ' oW P Fox's groterv ore Fortieth and Grand avenue , on the nlcht of Februarv 5 , was arraigned In poIKe court Monda > on a charge Of burglarv He waived preliminary hearing- and wa bound over to the district court ui dvr $1,000 bonds Special revival services are in progress at the Hanstom Park Methodist church , c' n- ducted bv Rev Cossius C Cls-sell of Fort Wayne. InJ rhe ermon Sunda > night wa upon the the-ivs "Christ the Cornerstone ' the text bemc from Isaiah xvill. It ! He will preach hK la t sermon this evening , returning to his home in Indiana Wedne- dajMis Mis * Hazel Hake , daughter of H. H Hake , proprietor of the Merchants hotel , gave a party Sundav night to eight of her Irtend * Thee present were Misses Mabel Dlcke- son and Marie Harvej of Chicago. Misses I Katherine Gorden and Margaret Lvnn , clt > . Mr Charles Le41on. city Messrs. Charles Woelz and Herman Petle-r , Joplin. Mo , and Ren Hake citj W H Hcrdman , referee in bankruptcy , was in Papilllon yesterdav where a bank ruptcy case Is belne contested by Omaha , parties. It is claimed that the would-be bankrupt had sequestered hl property be fore fllmg hK petition The preparation of the list of tht preferred creditors In the Great America exposition case Is deferred until his return Vs Theodore I uni3. a mechanic , living at 5-10 Pierce street. wa > - pa "sing-under-the S tt it vJadud rear.Seventh and-llurcy strict'Sunday night b * wa * lield MP by two men and robb ; of nn The light w-as i > .i. r and Lund was unable to give the -Kilnp a detailed d < CTintion of the high waymen Another holdup s said to have t Kfn place und < r ih- viaduct Sundav i i = ht but the rr'ire lave rot learned the name of th" victim William Schmidt s = aloon 17M Vinton street , was burglarized .shortlv before day- llcht Sunday mornlncr. the thieves entfr- inc bv breaking- pane of glare out of the ficnt window Five dollars in money was taken from the tiil. a boi of cigars from the showcase was appropriated and a slot machine was carried away. From the m ichine the burglars secured $10 in nickels Yesterday Detective-- Savage and Dunn found tie fragments of the machine near T ems thl"d and Allen streets Internal Revenue A rent Wheelotk has re ceived word f > ere Wa hington mat there has been added to his district tf states of Montana , Idaho and Utah Tlu > dUtric.t previousl > ccmained the s-tates of North and South Dr-kota Nebraska. Colorado , Wyoming and the territories of New Mexico and Arizona Tb headquarters of the dis- , trirt is at Omaha and the force under the ( command of Agent Wheelock conMsts of ' tlir < ? e Held workers William Jones , colored , stole a pair of trousers Mondav morning from Havden Bros. ' store and was arrested by Police man Dwyer It IB believed that he is the negro who attempted to hold un Mr A Muchneck. proprietor of a grocery store ai 121 Nnnh Twelfth street , a few dajs ago One of Mrs Jjurhneck's young sons , who was In the store at the time of the holdup , called at tbo : > olloe station Monday and looked the prison ? " over but was unable to identify him pusitlvelj R C Jackson of New York fltv assist ant superintendent of the railway mull servIce - , Ice Is in Omaha tonsulting with taf pos'al authorities and the newspaper publishprs In I reference t < p thr- preparation of ond-r-la v mail matter for trinmiFl < n Thi-- - of i mall f'nmtutftli - ] argt pan i- weigh ! of all the mull ( arn-fi ttv ! ) > < -nx-rnment and the han Jhrg nf i in thi . asii -t tnan- iu-r is i matti r ilwjvs un. i r i on-lcj ri- tion bth J < * -i aM-ntn Mr .1 i KSOM savs 'thit ' ihe omihi m W ; rtpfs ar jir - ) > dr'il i R wia - h i"i , an > . 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In U i-olors reproduce - produce * line for line and color for This Famous Painting , color , every detail of the original. owned by the Metropolitan Art Mu Famous Oil Painting seum of New York , reproduced in Is 22x30 * Inches and Is fit to adorn color and c fect. Is 22x30 inches , is the art gallery of a Vanderbilt. handsome aud beautiful. You can have either or both of these ramou1 ? palntinps for lOc each and 3 consecutive coupons cut from this advertisement in The Dally Bee. These beautiful pictures have never been sold for le than $1.00 ench. The Bee has purchased s-everal thousand as a special subscription feature , thus making the price very low for Bee readers only. THE BALLOON By Julien Dupre. The subject treats of a croup of peasants in the harvest-field. The peav ant- , have spent the moruii ) rakiu ? and stacking hay. the sun Is at its zenith , not a breath of air In stirring , you can almost hear the bees as they buzz from flower to flower , and away off m the distance is seen a balloon floating ma jestically in the clear , blue sky. Evidently the villagers are holding their country fair , and a balloon ascension is one or the features. The group cuii sisting of the peasant and his family are in the picturesque co tunie of the country. They have'all stopped work aud stand with their rakes In their hands gazing intently at the distant balloon. Wonder , awe and admiration are blended In their expressive faces , and revealed in their attitudes. The subject has been treated with those soft , mellow tints which its artist knows so veil hovv to paint , and recalls to the mind many just such incidents in our childhood life. It is Jutly popular , both on account of its artistic quality and deep human interest with which it has been clothed. History of "The Defense of Champigny. " The Franco-German war of ISTO , with all its horrors and terrible loss of life , still burns in the memory of most living For many years previous a bad feeling existed between France and Prussia and both great powers had been getting their armies in readiness and were armed to the teeth. Distrustful and full of hate to each other , they soon found themselves in a position from which neither could retreat with honor and an appeal to the sword was the only alternative. The Saanish crown of fered the Prince of Hohenzollen , in June , 1S70 , and being accepted by him , caused the interference of Prussia , which the French government resented , feeling that Prussia had no right to interfere in Spanish affairs , and step by step the quarrel grew , and although Great Britain and other European powers tried to avert an open rupture and to preserve the peace of Europe , the war spirit was madly popular in both Prussia and France At last , on tbe 15th of July , 1870 , the crisis came. Tbe Duke of Graramont told Lord Lsons. the British ambassador , that "The Prussian government had deliberately insulted France by declaring to the public that the king had affronted the French ambissador It was evidently the intention of the king of Prussia to take credit with the people of Germany for having actejwith haughti ness and discourtesy In fact to humilitate France " Emperor Napoleon , as early as the Sth of July bad moved forward his troops , and on the 15th of July war was de clared by tbe French government to exist between France and Prussia. All Toris wag In an uproar of delight. Tbe dedication of war made Napoleon popular with his subjects and the Chambers , by an overwnelming vote , granted a credit of 50 000 000 francs for the army and 16.000,000 for the navy. The war was carried on with van expenditure of force on both sides , and war was brought to a close after sevn months of awful bloodshed and almost daily battles , the details of which are t/o harrowing to narrate. The Germans lost fi,247 officers and 123,453 men. The total losses of the French were incalculable Strasburg and Metz , which Germany had lost in a time of weakness , were reconquerod. and the German Empire had arisen anew , and France bad thrown off bondage and had become a free nation a republic. So good came out of evil. While reflecting upon these eventful times , M. Jean Batiste Edouard Detallle. tb great and famous French painter , was inspire- * ! with tbe idea of painting his world famous picture , "The Defense of Champigny. " Before * giving a few facts , a description of this magnificent painting , an outline of the village that has been made $ o famous , may be hero narrated Champlgnv with a population of over 2.000 might almost b described as a beautiful suburb of Paris. It lies five miles cast , eoutbeast of the gay city. Here busine-ss men from the busy capital and picnic parties wend their way for a quiet rest , fresh air , and to take in the rural and pretty landscapes. Here , scattered through the village , were lovely homek or chateaus. surrounded with well-lald-out gardens and lawns , full of 6we > et-scented and pretty flowers and beautiful trees , casting a heavenly and peaceful aspect all around. But this beautly was to be marred by the ravages of war. to be trampled down by tbe * oldler * and Implements of war. for. situated as it is' on the Marnc , it was selected as a place for a Fortlp on behalf of the French army , and here on November 20th until De-ember 2nd. 1&70 , was the scene of protracted and bloody encounters between the French troops under colonel Ducrot and the Germans , end on December 3rd the French recrotsed the llarne. having slain 5.000 Germans and sustained . loss of from 10000 to 12000 men and leaving rhamplgny a waste M Detallle B painting of The Defense of Champigny. 1S70 , holds a most prominent position in New York It is now hung in the Me'ropolitan Museum of Art , Central Park , and is valued at over J60 000 3 COUPONS THIS IS IT ONLY IOC. CUT IT OUT. vvtnn \UTOOH vi ni : Of M. Dctallle' * Fntnoui I'ulntlne. Of Uuiire'n Jtari rlnuc 1'nlntlnc. 4The Defense of "THE BALLOON" cm PON FOII i'inittn \ it. ( oti-oN roii rimu MM 1,1. 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